It may look like a small addition, but standardizing something many Linux users already do can improve workflows, application behavior, and even documentation over time.

If you are using a rolling release distro like Arch, you might have noticed that your home directory now has a new member, a new folder called “Projects”.

For as long as I remember, Linux has always had a set of default folders under the home directory. Usually they are Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos and Downloads. Templates, Desktop and Public folders are also there.

Now we have a new addition in the form of “Projects”.

    • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      13 hours ago

      A thing I started doing years ago, to combat trashing to ~/Desktop or ~/Downloads:

      Set /tmp as your default download directory.

      At least for me, almost everything I download is just ephemeral and would collect dust

      Putting it there causes it to be cleaned up on the next reboot. No more piles of junk on the desktop (the virtual one at least. Don’t ask about my physical desktop)

      • Sneezycat@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        4 hours ago

        That’s a good idea until you download a 10GB file and you wonder why you’re out of RAM :P

        I use /tmp as a temp folder for yt-dlp (it is faster than an HDD when adding metadata and subs to the video), and I’ve ran out of RAM before by downloading a video too big… Silly me, my laptop only has 8GB.